Happy Sunday! One thing I love about autumn/fall in Canberra, Australia, is the changing colors of the falling leaves. The pink and purple leaves are definitely my favorite of all the fall colors. Yesterday in Australia we voted in our Federal Election (voting is compulsory in Australia). There are prepolling and postal voting options, and […]

Happy Sunday! I recently learned that my city in Australia, Canberra, has been declared an international tree city of the world, joining 138 cities around the world that have been recognised for their leadership in managing urban trees. The cities that have been recognised are spread across 21 countries, including the cities of Toronto, Auckland, […]

Happy Sunday and Happy Mother’s Day (if you’re celebrating Mother’s Day today in your part of the world). In Australia our Mother’s Day lines up with the US date, but our Father’s Day is in September. I hope you’ll enjoy a wonderful day of celebration filled with joy and peace with your family and loved […]

Welcome to May! One third of 2022 has flown by, and today is the first day of May and the dawning of a new month. Last week I travelled to Sydney, leaving Canberra before dawn and passing Lake George on the Federal Highway at sunrise (see photo above). We get excited in Canberra when Lake […]

Did you know that the geese shown in today’s image are known as Canada geese… not Canadian geese? According to Laura Erickson, who writes on the mailing list of the Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union, the Canada goose gets its name from its breeding range. “It is of course perfectly acceptable and correct to call one a […]

He is risen! HE IS RISEN INDEED!!!!! Aren’t you thankful for a risen Lord and Savior? I can’t tell you how much I am, especially this year. There’s just been so much pain and sorrow around, both near and far. Thank You, Jesus, for rising again to remove sin’s burden. Winners this Week If you’re […]

Tundra swans stop by our valley early in the spring (and late in the fall) to rest up along their migratory route. They arrive before snow and ice melt away, but there’s always some open water. These swans nest in Alaska and over-winter in California, but they grace our valley for several weeks in either […]

Evidence of spring probably arrives a little later in the season here in southeastern British Columbia than where many of you live! We had quite a lot of snow well into March, but there are always signs of spring, even so. The tree swallows are busy inspecting nesting boxes at our local wildlife center these […]

Back at home, we aren’t strangers to wildlife. My boys enjoy watching the bird feeders (and let’s be fair, so do I!) We get the usual suspects: cardinals, warblers, sparrows, goldfinches, red bellied woodpeckers, downy woodpeckers, juncos…you get the idea. So when I looked up one morning and this guy was hanging out, I was […]

Another favorite animal at Animal Kingdom is the giraffe. They have several groups of these majestic creatures. The one pictured is merrily eating and blocking the road. Not pictured is his (her? I didn’t get close enough to ask.) friend coming across the road to join in on the feast. My youngest son and I […]